Governor Charlie Baker orders Massachusetts public schools closed for this school year and daycares until June 29

Governor Charlie Baker’s order came as the state reported Tuesday that the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak had risen by 152 cases to 1,961, and the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had climbed by 1,556 to 41,199.

– News covered by Quincy Quarry News with commentary added  

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Governor Charlie Baker orders Massachusetts all primary and secondary schools closed for this school year and daycares until June 29.

In a move most everyone saw coming, Massachusetts Governor Charlies Baker announced today that a return to classrooms this academic school year would not be happening and so leaving already harried parents even more harried going forward – especially as summer camps and other summer youth programming activities are in limbo.

Granted, while many school districts and private schools have managed to upgrade their online snow day lesson plan software to facilitate remote learning, parents are still stuck with having to remember how to solve quadratic equations and other things long forgotten – If, that is, such things were ever learned in the first place.

Not as expected, however, was the ordered delay in reopening regular daycare facilities until no sooner than the end of June.

Source: Baker orders Mass. schools to stay closed through end of academic year, daycares closed until June 29 – The Boston Globe

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